A Brother Calls, and a Start-Up Is Born

When Marcus Weller asked his brother, Mitchell, to help with his start-up, Skully Systems, he didn’t expect that it would also bring his family closer together.Published OnSept. 19, 2015

The New York Times

Sept. 19, 2015

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To start his fledgling motorcycle helmet business, Skully Systems, Marcus Weller enlisted his brother, Mitchell Weller, as the company’s co-founder and head of operations.

When he summoned Mitchell to San Francisco, Marcus says, he warned him, “Failure is still more likely than success right now, and there’s a good chance that I won’t be able to pay you for a while, but you can sleep on my couch.”

Mitchell didn’t hesitate. “I was like, ‘This is my brother. He needs my help,’” he says. “As soon as he said it, we just got down to brass tacks and made it happen.”